Vocabulary 9-4

treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

• degrade

• depress

• detract

• digress

make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected

• degrade

• depress

• detract

• digress

diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement).

• degrade

• depress

• detract

• digress

leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

• degrade

• depress

• detract

• digress

prevent (someone) from giving full attention to something

• distract

• endure

• impressive

• detract

suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently

• distruct

• endure

• impressive

• perplexity

evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill;

grand, imposing, or awesome.

• endure

• impressive

• perplexity

• remote

inability to deal with or understand something

complicated or unaccountable.

• depress

• impressive

• perplexity

• remote

(of a place) situated far from the main centers

of population; distant.

• endure

• impressive

• perplexity

• remote